IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SHELLABARGER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958KS155001
  • User Pedon ID: S1958KS155001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958KS155001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1806
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35964
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 37.7958336
  • Std. Longitude: -97.9372253
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26S
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet S and 175 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: About 17 miles south of Hutchinson.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS155—Reno
  • MLRA: 80A—Central Rolling Red Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS155—Reno County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. J. Rockers and H. T. Otsuki.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SHELLABARGER
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shellabarger
  • Classificaton Date - 5/5/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: louderback
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/5/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRITI

    Triticum

    wheat

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    2

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    472

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    711

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; fine sandy loam; weak granular structure; very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A14393
    A1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; sandy loam; weak granular, and massive; friable; 21.0 pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14394. Grades through 3 inches.
    B21t—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; sandy clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak granular structure; firm; clay films and 75 percent clay bridges; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A14395. Grades through 5 inches.; patchy - phpvsfiid 186458; patchy - phpvsfiid 186458
    B22t—48 to 84 centimeters (18.9 to 33.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak granular structure; firm; 0.5 pores; clay films and 75 percent clay bridges; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A14396. Grades through 8 inches.; patchy - phpvsfiid 186460; patchy - phpvsfiid 186460
    B3—84 to 119 centimeters (33.1 to 46.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist; sandy clay loam; weak granular structure; friable; clay films on sand and gravel and clay bridges on sand and gravel; siltstone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A14397. Few scattered fragments of red siltstone; grades within 4 inches.; continuous - phpvsfiid 196411; continuous - phpvsfiid 196411
    C1—119 to 145 centimeters (46.9 to 57.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; very friable; 0.5 tubular pores; clay films on sand and gravel; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14398. Grades through 10 inches.; continuous - phpvsfiid 196413; continuous - phpvsfiid 196413
    C2—145 to 193 centimeters (57.1 to 76.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; coarse sandy loam, sand; massive; fragments. Lab sample # 40A14399
    C3—193 to 254 centimeters (76.0 to 100.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; coarse sandy loam; massive; fragments. Lab sample # 40A14400. Divided for sampling purposes.